#165F7C#165F7C

#165F7C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.082 H 230.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#165F7C
RGB	rgb(22, 95, 124)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(197, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 23.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.50, -10.93, -22.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.50, 24.97, 244.05°)
OKLab	oklab(45.65% -0.053 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(45.65% 0.082 230)
XYZ	xyz(8.0597, 9.8092, 20.5335)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#165F7C #7C3316

analogous

#167C66 #165F7C #162C7C

triadic

#165F7C #7C165F #5F7C16

tetradic

#165F7C #66167C #7C3316 #2C7C16

square

#165F7C #66167C #7C3316 #2C7C16

split-complementary

#165F7C #7C162C #7C6616

monochromatic

#05141A #0D3748 #165F7C #1F87B0 #32ABDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#165F7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#165F7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165F7C

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##165F7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##165F7C	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505E7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43547C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006769

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #165f7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 95, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.082 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668ca2',
    500: '#165f7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #165f7c;
$custom-light: #668ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#165f7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.059,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45645,
    "c": 0.08246,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.0981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#165F7C

secondary

#B15E3D

accent

#6E3BED

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #165F7C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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